Road-cart



(NoModeL) v W. H. FANNING.

EDAD CART. No. 445,427. r Patented Jan. 27, 1891..

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UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE.

VILILIAM II. FANNING, OF IJAIEER, MICI'IIGAN.

ROAD-CART.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,427, dated January 27, 1891.

- Application filed June Z, 1890- Serial No. 353,910. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern;

Be it known that I, VILLIAM H. FANNING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lapeer, county of Lapeer, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Road-Cartsg and I declare the be rendered exceedingly easy'for the occupant; and it consists in a combination of devices and appliances hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of my cart. Fig. 2 is a plan View. Fig.

illustrates a detail of construction.

In carrying out the invention, A represents the body, B the axle having the spindle b broken off, and C the shafts.

C is the cross-bar extending f rom-one shaft to the other in front of the body.

D is a leaf-spring, one end d being engaged to the crossbar. The spring is then curved into a somewhat C form, as shown-that is, it is curved upward,forward, then downward and rearward, the end d being engaged to the forward edge of the body. It will be, of course, understood that there is one of these springs D on each side, as shown in Fig. 2.

I will now describe the manner of supporting the rear portion of the body.

The axle, as will be observed in Fig. 3, is bowed or bent downward slightly between the wheels, and projecting inward from the point on the axle adjacent to the spindle is the arm or projection B.

E are suitably-bent pieces, the lower end e being rigidly engaged to the arm B', while the upper end e is engaged to a cross-piece F, connecting the two bent pieces together.

G are what may be termed standards or braces, and extend at an oblique angle from the rear portion of the shafts up to the crossbar F. Each of these standards has what may be termed a removable base-section g, so shaped that one portion may be engaged with the shaft by the bolts g', while the other p01'- tion is engaged to the standard by the bolts g2. The upper end of the standard is engaged to the cross-bar by a similar piece In order that. an additional truss may be given to this frame-work at the rear of the cart, I provide the brace-iron II, extending from the rear portion of the shaft up to the cross-bar.

J is a leaf-springin the forni of a O-spring, one endbeing engaged by a clevis, with an arm K extending out rearwardly from the body.

L is what may be termed an angleiron, one arm shaped to conform to the curvature of the bent piece E, while the other arm is engaged to the end j of the spring .I by the boltj'l. It will be seen that by this construction the body is supported in such a'way that it may have a free forward-and-back or upand down motion-that is to say, thepecnliar arrangement ofthe springs allows it to yield with the weight and nieve up and down, while the same arrangement allows it to sway forward and back freely.

What I claim is#- l. The combination, with the axle B, the shafts C, and the body A, having its forward portion suspended from the shafts by the curved leaf-spring I), of a frame rising from the shafts and axle in rear of the body, and the C-springs connected to the upper end of the frame and the rear end of the body, substantially as described.

2. In a road-cart,the combination, with the shafts, the body, and C-springs pirotally engaged to the rear portion of the body, of a frame-work for supporting said C-springs, consisting of the curved pieces E, standards G, and cross bars F, substantially as described.

In a road-cart, the combination, with the shafts, the body, and G-springs pivotally engaged to the rear portion of the body, of a frame-work for supporting said C-springs, said frame-work consisting of the curved pieces E, cross-bar F, and standards G, said standards consisting of the main portion G and end pieces g g3, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. FANNING. Witnesses:

GEANT CRANKSHAW, 'EDWARD FANNTNG.

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